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Welcome to the year 2009!

Below you will find the list I compiled of major events, trends, world leaders, cost of living, and popular culture for the year 2009. I hope this helps you with the baby book or commemorative project you’re working on. If you don’t want to write down all this information, take a look at the printable versions.

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2009 News Headlines and Major Events:

January 20 – Barack Obama, the United States first African American President was sworn into office.
June 25 – Michael Jackson, the self-described “King of Pop” died of an apparent heart attack. It was later found out that he was under heavy sedation at the time his heart stopped in a controversy that will surely continue for the next year.

Jackson was one of many celebrities who passed away in 2009 which was included other high-profile deaths including: Farrah Fawcett, Natasha Richardson, Bea Arthur, Dom DeLuise, Karl Malden, David Carradine, Patrick Swayze, John Hughes, Ed McMahon, Walter Cronkite and Don Hewitt, Senator Edward Kennedy, Britney Murphy, Authors John Updike, Frank McCourt and Dominick Dunne, blues legend Koko Taylor, Ventures guitarist Bob Bogle, Mary Travers of Peter, Paul & Mary, guitar innovator Les Paul , Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein. NFL players Steve McNair and Chris Henry, veteran basketball coach Chuck Daly. Former U.S. Housing Secretary Jack Kemp, Oxiclean pitchman Billy Mays and Gidget, the Chihuahua best known for hawking Taco Bell.
Bernard Madoff was convicted of a operating a “Ponzi Scheme” which duped many people out of their retirement money. He will serve 150 years.
The World Health Organization declared the H1N1 Virus, otherwise known as the Swine Flu, a pandemic. By the end of the year, the predicted vaccine shortages and potential large death toll proved not to be.

2009 Pop Culture:

In February we listened to a leaked audio tape of Christian Bale unleashing a torrent of verbal abuse in the direction of the happless director of photography on ‘Terminator Salvation’ who apparently got in his line of vision as he filmed an intense scene. Chris Brown was involved in a brutal altercation with then-girlfriend Rihanna, earning himself a community service stint and five years’ probation for felony assault. Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie had their highly-anticapated ‘Oscar Showdown’, which involved Jen looking very uncomfortable as she presented an award on stage, while Angie looked angelic and laughed in all the right places from the front row.
In March, ‘Octomom’ Nadya Suleman gave birth to eight babies and a reality TV show concept, Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer split for the third and final time. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was among those who paid tribute to ‘Big Brother’ star Jade Goody, who lost her battle with cancer at the age of 27.
In June the king of pop Michael Jackson died, Charlie’s Angels beauty Farrah Fawcett lost her long battle with cancer at the age of 62, and the tragic death of Mike Tyson’s daughter.
August; after a tragic 2008 which saw the murder of her mother and brother, Jennifer Hudson celebrated the birth of her first child, a baby boy called David Daniel Otunga Jr. DJ AM tragically died from an accidental drugs overdose, just eleven months after he and friend Travis Barker survived a horrifying plane crash.
September; Dirty Dancing star Patrick Swayze passed away after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Nicole Richie gave birth to a little boy called Sparrow.
December; Tiger Woods’ squeaky clean image was shattered by tabloid allegations of infidelity, which grew by the day as more waitresses, hostesses and porn stars were linked to the married golf superstar.